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African Democratic Congress (ADC) has voiced out its concern over what it called the growing “conundrum” involving former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, made the statement on Friday while speaking on Arise Television’s Morning Show, noting […]
Continue ReadingFollowing the footsteps of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, the immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has officially joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC), months after leaving the All Progressives Congress. The former governor registered with the ADC and collected his membership card at the party office in Unguwar Sarki Ward, Kaduna State. […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has said he will withdraw from the 2027 presidential race if a younger aspirant defeats him to clinch the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential ticket. He stated this in an interview with BBC Hausa published on Wednesday, where he also noted that he would support and mentor such a […]
Continue ReadingThe pace and energy with which President Bola Tinubu’s foot soldiers sped to Kaduna last week to defend his stewardship at an engagement organised by the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation (SABMF) should confirm an obvious thing: that the president knows the importance of getting northern support again in his bid for a second term […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has resigned from the party. The former Nigerian vice president disclosed this in a letter obtained on Wednesday. This paper also confirmed the letter from Paul Ibe, Media Adviser to Atiku Abubaka. The letter reads: “I am writing to […]
Continue ReadingNational Opposition Coalition Group, led by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and ex-Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has formally applied to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the registration of a new political party—the All Democratic Alliance (ADA). The application, dated June 19, was acknowledged by INEC on Friday, showing the coalition’s determination to […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has shared how he married his first wife, Hajia Titi Atiku Abubakar, over five decades ago, in defiance of their parents’ wishes, describing her as the best partner he could have chosen. Atiku made the revelation on Saturday on her 75th birthday celebration in Abuja. The event was attended […]
Continue ReadingFormer Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, and his counterpart in Cross River State, Liyel Imoke, have been saddled with the responsibility of deciding whether, in forming a coalition, proponents should float a new party or fuse into an existing platform. This was disclosed in a communique read by Convener of the League of Northern Democrats […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian vice president and 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar; ex-Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai; and ex-Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal; have visited former President Muhammadu Buhari at his Kaduna residence. Those who also visited Buhari on Friday included the former Minister of Communications, Isa Pantami; former governor […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu’s Senior Special Assistant on Social Media by the name of Dada Olusegun reportedly said on Thursday that had Nigerians elected former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as president, they would have been sweltering in the same snake pit of torment and economic decline as Argentinians are. Olusegun’s comment was informed by Atiku’s previous […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar, alongside several key figures from the All Progressives Congress (APC), and leaders of many opposition Parties have rejected the emergency rule declared by president Bola Tinubu in Rivers State and launched a coalition to oppose him ahead of the 2027 general elections. At a press conference, notable opposition figures […]
Continue ReadingPresidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, attended the PDP’s national caucus meeting in Abuja on Wednesday evening, April 17. The meeting comes prior to the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, scheduled to take place […]
Continue ReadingAs I was saying, the 2023 presidential election was won and lost fundamentally because of the fractured opposition, even though you are free to add one million other reasons to that. Confronting a monster like the All Progressives Congress (APC) was already an uphill battle for a united Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the biggest opposition […]
Continue ReadingPeoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate in Nigeria’s February 25, 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, addressed a press conference in Abuja on Monday over the Supreme Court’s verdict to dismiss his appeal for lacking in merit and affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu. Below is the full text of his speech: Someone asked me what […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Supreme Court has affirmed the decision of the presidential election petition tribunal (PEPT) on Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi’s appeals. All other panel members agreed with the lead judgment delivered by John Okoro, dismissing Atiku Abubakar’s appeal and challenging the judgment of the presidential petition tribunal. The six of them also agreed with Okoro […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Supreme Court has fixed Thursday for the judgment in the appeals filed by the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi against President Bola Tinubu. Atiku and Obi are praying the Supreme court to set aside the judgment by the presidential election petition tribunal […]
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court of Nigeria has reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, seeking to dismiss and set aside the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) ruling. The court similarly reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nigeria’s February 25 general election, Atiku Abubakar has described President Bola Tinubu as a serial forger and liar. The ex-Nigerian Vice President, in a statement signed on Sunday, by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, said the world knows President Tinubu as a forger-in-chief on account of […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has explained the discrepancy in the name in his Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) certificate. Atiku offered the clarification on Tuesday through one of his aides, the CEO of Ovation magazine, Mr. Dele Momodu, in a post on his social media platform, X. According to […]
Continue ReadingMay I, at this point, humbly retract certain claims I made in my article, ‘Tinubu and Atiku: Birds of a Feather’ (THISDAY, June 12, 2022), months before the 2023 presidential election. In it, I claimed that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar “are friends, associates and two peas in a pod”. I traced […]
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